Tag Archives | child protection

Social worker making notes

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Councils selected to test specialist child protection social worker role

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Children, Inform Children

Parental substance misuse: tips for completing assessments

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Social worker doing direct work with child

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Ofsted and BASW raise safeguarding concerns over allowing non-social workers to do child in need assessments

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

How social workers’ roles would change under Working Together overhaul

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Children, Choose Social Work, Social work leaders, Workforce

Sharon Shoesmith: how social workers can get their professional pride back

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Adults, Children, Workforce

Lack of social care workforce plan ‘a missed opportunity’

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Children, Social work leaders

Government bids to clear up practitioner ‘confusion’ on information sharing

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Safeguarding overhaul needed to better protect disabled children in care, says abuse inquiry

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Children

Finley Boden: case review examining factors behind baby’s murder after return to parents

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Social worker making notes

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Specialist child protection social workers to be piloted in DfE care review response

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Children, Social work leaders

Workloads and lack of supervision undermining child protection practice, find studies

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Logan Mwangi

Children, Social work leaders

Logan Mwangi review sparks government action on safeguarding but no children’s care inquiry

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Social worker making notes

Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

LADO role faces review after disabled children abuse inquiry identifies ‘major failings’

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Children, Social work leaders

‘Why child protection policies on bruising to babies need to change’

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immigrant child

Children, Social work leaders

Councils unable to safeguard children subject to immigration control, finds study

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Children, Social work leaders

Child protection enquiries reach record levels, reveal official figures

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